It’s time for more workshops! All rested and recovered from a lovely weekend/too much turkey? I’m ready to have fun, let my hair down, share, and play!
All are welcome and no registration is required.
Come and participate or observe!
Workshops are presented in voice. Please make sure you can hear voice before arriving. If you prefer not to participate – feel free to come listen! Comfy chairs and class notes provided.
Please arrive early to prepare. To allow for greater focus and minimize distractions, the sim may be closed when the workshop begins.
Who We Are
Harleyquin Workshop Listing
Harleyquin Learning Center Landing Point
Saturday, Dec 1st
9 am – Mini Workshop: Camera View/Save Setup HUD
Ever feel like you need eight sets of eyeballs – keeping your eye on back stage, camming in on the tip jar, oh no did my set rez? are all the dancers moving? is everyone on their pad? and my favorite – what is the sexy DJ wearing today? Sure, there are avatars with 16 eyes, but not quite the same is it?
Camera Position/View HUDs can make this happen (without making you wear extra eyeballs). They let you record one or more positions that you are looking at, then with a click of a button move your view back to that spot! No more blindly camming around, afraid you might crash, or just not able to find that darn tip jar. It’s all at your finger tips and very simple to use.
This tool is FREE, EASY TO USE, and best of all only 1 SCRIPT!
Buy yours here: Marketplace link
(30 minutes, Project Platform)
Requirements to participate: Own the Camera View/Save Setup HUD (free, link above)
10 am – Creating Small Stage Performances
Small stage performances are not just for the small stage! By using panels to reduce the size of your dance area, you can create smaller, more intimate, and creative performances where you become the central focus – and still perform anywhere! Without the need to create a large set and with just a minimal use of movers, you can focus your effort and creativity, showcasing your choreography and style. Creating a small stage performance is also idea for the new choreographer and we’ll explore why.
During this workshop we will be reviewing the benefits and considerations in creating a small stage performance, the difference in choosing props, costumes, and effects, and how creating for the small stage can provide additional creative opportunities for dance either as a solo or for a small number of dancers. We will also review how to adapt your small stage set to fit in a standard sized venue.
(1 hour, Project Platform)
11 am – Creating Small Stage Performances, Interactive 2.0
Feel free to stay, ask questions, and practice what we covered during the workshop! Informal and interactive!
(1 hour, Project Platform)
Sunday, Dec 2nd
9 am – Spot On Smooth Dancer – Putting Your HUD to Work
Geared for anyone new to the Smooth Dancer Animation HUD or still familiarizing themselves. We will be focused on loading the HUD, playing animations, inviting others to dance and how to remove dancers (including yourself). We will also cover what to do when your dancers aren’t dancing. This is the first step before moving on to recording your own sequences.
(1 hour, Dance Studio)
Requirements to participate: Own the Smooth Dancer HUD and have basic object edit skills to participate
10 am – Choreography: Transitions, Animations, and Freestyling
Geared toward the dancer at any level, it’s all about the animations in this workshop! It all starts with considerations when buying animations before we focus on transitions – smoothing the changes between animations. We’ll also pull in using pose and ao animations in your dance before we focus on what freestyling is and how it can strengthen your choreography. To wrap it up, we cut loose and freestyle together!
(1 hour, Dance Studio)
Requirements to participate: Be comfortable using and inviting others to dance with any dance animation HUD. Please have your HUD pre-loaded with at least 20 animations.
Monday, Dec 3rd
5 pm – Spot On Costume Assistant
Use this tool to add or remove objects to your dancers and/or yourself all with a simple command. Objects include props, clothing pieces, worn particles, and more. We cover everything from the basics to how to trigger costume/prop changes through the Performance Director and other tools! A fun hands on exercise also included in the workshop.
(1 hour, Build Studio)
Requirements to participate: Own the Spot On Costume Assistant
Madness, Matter, and Rambling Thoughts 